Society & Culture Things that Shit me part X- The Tenth edition!

[TheFreshBanana]

Trying to change my avatar on Bigfooty.

 

[Shell]

Trying to change my avatar on Bigfooty.

Oh thanks for reminding me. Gotta change my av back..

 

[nicky]

When mates bring their mrs out to drink and they consider both him and the mrs as one shout within the round. aggravating and you look like a **** for calling them out.

if you don't want her to pay for her drinks that is fine, but then you gotta cough up two shouts within the round. other blokes don't wanna pay for your mrs drinks.

That's not fair by anyones standards. They're deliberately taking the piss and if they're doing it all the time then you should say something.

 

[Speck]

Not being able to decide between an ultrabook or a tablet+bluetooth keyboard for a go to device for my university related needs. That's my first world problem that shits me for the week..

Ultrabook all the way. Tablets don't have shit on actual computers when it comes to doing proper assignments and typing up stuff.

 

[Xtreme]

tl;dr

In a nutshell - broken internet.
Telstra showing incompetence and seem to not want to help fix it

In an update to my post from August 9th, rotating between the TIO and Telstra Complaints Department i am still at a stand still with my internet failing.

My internet showed signs of improving on August 10 - a day after i whinged about it on here (a network support person rang me and asked questions... as i found out the following week they tweaked some settings on my end which boosted my speed and made my internet not drop out as much as it used to).

After hearing nothing from Telstra again for almost another week i got a call late on friday saying that someone would be able to visit me on a Sunday (so me playing difficult with them paid off - i only said i was unavailable on every other day due to them stuffing me around promising to call back within 3-5 days, but taking 10+). However he was not as specialized as they said - he was just the basic technician and all he did was measure the signal strength of the connection, scratched his head and left.

Get another call from someone last Monday who spoke on behalf of my case manager, they expressed shock that it was still not fixed. And we both were stumped as to how to proceed but said i should expect another call as soon as my case manager was available. Three days later i got a call from someone from a different technical call center and said another technician would come and check it out (but didn't give a date or time), i said he better be a level 2 or above as the other technicians that have come didn't solve the problem.

Well this technician rocked up yesterday when i was not home and not aware he was coming. Claims to have fixed a cable that none of the other technicians touched and it's back to working order. Come home, switch internet on and saw evidence that my internet was still failing.

Got on the phone to the complaints department again and surprise surprise, my case manager was not available and i spent 15 minutes chewing someone else's ear off (back story to the problem etc), only to be put through to someone else that i had to explain my situation again.


tl;dr

In a nutshell - internet still failing
Telstra still showing incompetence and there is still no end in sight
Got told that the next technician (level 3) may not be able to look into my issue until the end of September. Considering it has been broken since the end of May and i started trying to get it fixed from June 8th - onwards... i think i have waited long enough.

 

[Stratton_Gun]

****ed the battery of the laptop. Now it won't even work unless it is plugged in

 

[Igloo]

****** the battery of the laptop. Now it won't even work unless it is plugged in

Welcome to the club

 

[Stratton_Gun]

Welcome to the club

Does your immediately turn off it is gets unplugged?
i think I am someone going to have to tape it so itsalways plugged in

 

[Igloo]

Does your immediately turn off it is gets unplugged?
i think I am someone going to have to tape it so itsalways plugged in

Yeah, I really need to get around to getting it fixed .

 

[Quivorir]

Just needs a new battery. Thats what laptops do, the battery dies completely. Buy a new one and look after it properly (ie, let the battery die/almost die before charging it again)

 

[Shell]

****** the battery of the laptop. Now it won't even work unless it is plugged in

Hahaha my laptop battery lasts about 3 hours.

And i dont even usually take it anywhere away from a power outlet anyway.

 

[A Swallow]

Impatience in any form.
For example: microwaves that keep beeping even when you open the door. I always try to stop the microwave from beeping because it grinds my gears for some reason, and when you miss it some microwaves continue to beep at you even once you've opened the door to get your food out. It's like "I understand that my food is ready, I've got the f*cking door wide open and I'm getting it out so stop beeping at me you impatient piece of sh*t."

 

[TheFreshBanana]

Yep you just need to buy a new battery pack.

 

[Stratton_Gun]

Yeah, I really need to get around to getting it fixed .

I'm just gunna buy a new laptop at the end of the year I reckon. Will have to do until then, Gotta a nice bit of casshhhh for my b'day and might spend it. But first, going to cash converters to get a new charger!

 

[Stratton_Gun]

Yep you just need to buy a new battery pack.

How much would that be Swanny?

 

[Stratton_Gun]

Hahaha my laptop battery lasts about 3 hours.

And i dont even usually take it anywhere away from a power outlet anyway.

Mine did (well actually its my Dads) but now its at about 1 hour lol. I'm always putting it in when I don't need to

 

[Shell]

. I'm always putting it in when I don't need to

You be careful with that- could get yourself into trouble.

 

[Stratton_Gun]

You be careful with that- could get yourself into trouble.

I thought of the dirty side of that after I typed it but since you are a woman I suspected you wouldn't pick up on it....

 

[Shell]

I thought of the dirty side of that after I typed it but since you are a woman I suspected you wouldn't pick up on it....

Shove your crappy laptop up your arse SG.

 

[Stratton_Gun]

Shove your crappy laptop up your arse SG.

Now now, there is no need to resort to that kind of language luv

 

[TheFreshBanana]

How much would that be Swanny?

About as much as im paid for every disposal I get.

Nah I dno how much. Just take it in to an it store that does free consults.

 

[A Swallow]

How much would that be Swanny?

Just a quick eBay search found quite a range of different power supplies, just find the applicable type. Pretty cheap. http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_...ower+supply&_nkw=laptop+power+supply&_sacat=0

 

[TassieEagle]

Be carefully of shoddy ebay chargers though, I bought two for my old Toshiba laptop. I failed after about 4 months and then the next overheated and started shooting out sparks even though it was the right voltage and an 'official' charger.

 

[Caesar]

Getting glasses.

 

[A Swallow]

Impatience in any form.
For example: microwaves that keep beeping even when you open the door. I always try to stop the microwave from beeping because it grinds my gears for some reason, and when you miss it some microwaves continue to beep at you even once you've opened the door to get your food out. It's like "I understand that my food is ready, I've got the f*cking door wide open and I'm getting it out so stop beeping at me you impatient piece of sh*t."

Quoting myself but yolo ya know?


Seriously though, an additional point on impatience. When you are having a conversation with someone, and someone else keeps saying your name. Like over and over again.
Me: "Yeah I know..."
arseh*le: "A Swallow!"
Me: "the problem with..."
arseh*le: "A Swallow...A Swallow?"
Me: "with our midfield is..."
arseh*le: "A Swallow!...oi A Swallow!"
Me: "WHAT THE F*CK?! WHAT DO YOU WANT THAT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT YOU CAN IGNORE THE FACT THAT I AM CLEARLY IN THE MIDDLE OF A CONVERSATION?! SHUT THE F*CK UP!"